History of Albania 🇦🇱

       Albania 🇦🇱 has been an independent country for 104 years.  During that time, it’s become an increasingly popular tourist destination.  It attracts beachcombers, foodies interested in unique traditional cuisine, and history buffs looking for a rich cultural heritage.  If you’re planning to visit, there is some very interesting facts about this county.



Albania, country in southern Europe, located in the western part of the Balkan Peninsula on the Strait of Otranto, the southern entrance to the Adriatic Sea. The capital city is Tirana.
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There are precisely the evidences of numerous archaeological findings in different parts of the Albanian regions, such as those of Lepenica in Vlora , Tren in Korca, Xara in Saranda, nearby Shkodra at Selca, Dajti Mountain, Prizren etc., that prove for traces of ancient population on Albanian territory. By studying these archaeological objects, it has been proved that the first Albanian settlements have started to be inhabited in the middle of the Paleolithic period (100,000 to 40,000 years BC).

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